Pearland couple dead in apparent murder-suicide

Published 9:52 am, Saturday, July 20, 2013

Pearland police found a couple dead Friday evening on their front porch after an apparent murder-suicide.

A witness told police the couple had been arguing about 7:30 p.m. on their porch in the 900 block of Maple Branch before two shots rang out, according to a news release from the Pearland Police Department.

The woman, who police said was in her late 30s, started to go back into the house when her husband, in his late 60s, shot her with a handgun, the witness told police.

The man then turned the gun on himself, the news release said. The couple's names were not released.